# Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: Category 3 material which is used as raw material in a biogas plant equipped with a pasteurisation/hygienisation unit must be submitted to the following minimum requirements:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a)maximum particle size before entering the unit: 12 mm;
(b)minimum temperature in all material in the unit: 70 °C; and
(c)minimum time in the unit without interruption: 60 minutes.
However, Category 3 milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products may be used without pasteurisation/hygienisation as raw material in a biogas plant, if the competent authority does not consider them to present a risk of spreading any serious transmissible disease to humans or animals.
The minimum requirements set out in points (b) and (c) of this point shall also apply to Category 2 material which is introduced into a biogas plant without prior processing in accordance with Article 13(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/V/chapter/III/section/1/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-V/chapter-III/section-1/division-1
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